[clug] July CLUG Programmers' Special Interest Group meeting

[Paul Wayper]

	CLUG Programmers' Special Interest Group Meeting - 9th July 2009
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Date:		9th July 2009 (Second Thursday of the month)

Time:		18:30 - 20:30 (you will not be able to get in after 8pm)

Speaker:	Alex Satrapa

Abstract:	Alex Satrapa will be making Git and Subversion work
		together - somehow. 
		
		While Subversion is a popular code versioning system, it
		is still a fundamentally centralised and networked
		system. You can't commit your changes unless you can
		contact the central server, which can be difficult when
		on a plane or on holiday. In addition, you can't make
		your own branch and use Subversion to maintain the
		differences without basically writing a completely new
		one branch the central server. 
		
		Luckily, Git was written to solve these and many other
		problems. However, programmers don't always have the
		luxury of converting the code repositories they use from
		Subversion to Git. In these situations, Git can be made
		to work with Subversion, allowing you to work on and
		test multiple branches and keep track of your off-line
		commits while still using Subversion to commit changes
		to the master repository. Alex has had a wealth of
		experience wrestling these two tools into some kind of
		co-operation and will be sharing that know-how in this
		talk. 

Venue:		Level 2, Griffin Centre, Genge St, Civic
		
		The Griffin Centre is located near the corner of Genge Street
		and Narellan Place. From the bus station, walk down Mort 
		Street away from London Circuit until you get to Bunda Street.
		Follow this until you get to the corner of Genge Street, then
		cross it and walk (left) up it. The Griffin Centre is on your
		left. For those driving, there is parking nearby in Narellan
		Place and under the new Canberra Centre building at quite
		reasonable rates for the evening.

		http://s2q.zwit.org/

		The room costs $70 for the night - please bring some change to
		contribute to the cost of hiring the room.

Food/drink:	We usually have dinner at Sammy's Kitchen afterward. They have
		a variety of vegetarian and vegan meals as well as food for
		omnivores.


If you would like to give a talk at a future meeting, please email me.